(Xinhua-China) Emad Drimly - Mo'een Abul Kheir, the owner of al-Samak (Fisherman) restaurant on Gaza City's seaside, is not optimistic about the future of his business and the future of the tourist industry in Gaza "in case the government (of Hamas) continues its harassment against coffee shops, hotels and restaurants." Abul Kheir, a founder of the Palestinian Corporation for Hotels and Restaurants, was detained by the Hamas government on the eve of the Eid al-Fittr Muslim holiday last Friday and was kept for one week for letting the Palestinian Cinema Forum hold a ceremony in his restaurant. He was forced to promise not to hold such ceremonies in the future. Hamas recently closed a restaurant on Gaza City's seaside for three days "because the management of the hotel did not abide by the terms and laws which prohibit mixing between males and females and holding parties," said the order signed by the police. Early this month the Hamas government closed the "Crazy Water" resort for three weeks after a singing party was held there.
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